Sunday Cravings

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Warm. Gooey. Worth the wait. A warm skillet cookie with nutty brown butter, crisp edges and melted chocolate. Add vanilla ice cream and bring it straight to the table.

40 minApprox. time
EasyEffort
1 10-inch skillet cookieMakes
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie — original Crave Theory Instagram cover
Everything you need

Ingredients

Batch size

Choose a batch size above. Portion to your appetite.

For the cookie

Optional finish

Contains milk, eggs and wheat. Optional pecans or walnuts add tree nuts; check your chocolate and ice cream labels.

Let’s cook

Make it tonight.

  1. Brown the butter

    Heat the oven to 350°F. Melt the butter in a small pan until nutty and golden, then let it cool for 5 minutes.
  2. Mix the wet ingredients

    Whisk the brown sugar, white sugar, egg, egg yolk and vanilla into the cooled brown butter.
  3. Fold in the dry ingredients

    Stir in the flour, baking soda and salt, then fold in the chocolate chips.
  4. Fill the skillet

    Spread the dough into a buttered 10-inch oven-safe skillet and top with a few extra chocolate chips.
  5. Bake and rest

    Bake for 18–22 minutes, until the edges are set and the center is soft. Rest for 10 minutes before serving. Add optional flaky salt and vanilla ice cream.

Make it yours.

Chocolate chunks

Replace half the chocolate chips with chopped chocolate.

Add some crunch

Fold in chopped pecans or walnuts.

A salty finish

Sprinkle flaky salt on top after baking.

Deeper flavour

Add ½ tsp espresso powder.

Keep it simple

Leave off the ice cream if you prefer.

Equipment

Small saucepan, mixing bowl, whisk, spatula and a 10-inch oven-safe skillet..

A note on the nutrition

The original Instagram artwork includes unverified per-serving nutrition figures but does not state a serving count. The website lists the yield as one skillet cookie and does not assign per-serving macros.

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